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why in the world would the senate, when it's already acted to, with the majority of the senate saying we do not believe that there should be taxes extended to the rich, we believe in protecting the middle class, and so why in the world would we agree to extending all these tax cuts? we can't do that. that was a bipartisan vote set out in the senate. that was the senate's position. we're asking to go to conference on the senate's position. the other side is insisting the minority position prevail. that's an unusual situation, and that's not the way democracy in america works. so i would not accept his modification to my request. the presiding officer: is there objection to the senator's original request? the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: as i understand the unanimous consent request of the majority leader is that we have 60 minutes equally divided and a vote on a rand amendment. is that correct? is that correct? mr. reid: it would be 60 minutes on the amendment equally divided between senator kerry and senator paul. if the senator wants more time, we're not doing much now, we can h
why in the world would the senate, when it's already acted to, with the majority of the senate saying we do not believe that there should be taxes extended to the rich, we believe in protecting the middle class, and so why in the world would we agree to extending all these tax cuts? we can't do that. that was a bipartisan vote set out in the senate. that was the senate's position. we're asking to go to conference on the senate's position. the other side is insisting the minority position...
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the senate and get their bill -- get our bill passed in the senate. i thank the senator from michigan. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when i'm completed, senator harkin get the floor at that time. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: madam president, i want to thank senator harkin, because he and i were spending a little time together in your great state and he and i agreed that one of the issues that ought to be talked about a little bit more involves the stark choice that we're facing in november in large part due to the budget of paul ryan, who is now the vice presidential nominee for the republicans. and governor romney has endorsed and embraced the ryan budget. and i think -- and it was senator harkin's idea that we ought to explain that ryan budget. so i'm going to do my best to talk about it as the chairman of the environment and public works committee, who has the jurisdiction of highways, bridges, transportation systems and the environment. and als
the senate and get their bill -- get our bill passed in the senate. i thank the senator from michigan. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when i'm completed, senator harkin get the floor at that time. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: madam president, i want to thank senator harkin, because he and i were spending a little time together in your great state and he and i agreed that one of the issues...
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kerry: i'd ask the senator we all understand the normal rules of the senate. this is a big policy, cutting off four countries' aid with a set of circumstances that is so rigid that it may encompass countries like israel and others. the normal rules of comity here are that something like this would go through the appropriate committee. that's why we have committees. the senator from south carolina is a member of the foreign relations committee. this has never been to the foreign relations committee. does the senator not believe some policy as important as this doesn't deserve hearing doesn't deserve a process, and i think the senator snows as the chairman i have never slowed down a process of our committee. so the normal rules of comity really ought to require this to go through the committee. mr. demint: senator if that were true, i think you've got -- senator tester was one your side has pushed tonight that has not been through committee, violates the budget and a number of other things. the point is this: senator rand paul has been working on this legislatio
kerry: i'd ask the senator we all understand the normal rules of the senate. this is a big policy, cutting off four countries' aid with a set of circumstances that is so rigid that it may encompass countries like israel and others. the normal rules of comity here are that something like this would go through the appropriate committee. that's why we have committees. the senator from south carolina is a member of the foreign relations committee. this has never been to the foreign relations...
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i ask the senator, has the senator ever been to egypt? the senator doesn't want to answer. i presume that means he hasn't been. he ought to go to egypt and see what those people are struggling to do. that was a rev lure in tehere square. and it wasn't an islamic revolution, it was a generational revolution. a bunch of young people with smartphones sweeting each other and googling and trying to touch the world and have a future. he wants to cut off american assistance to these nascent democratic efforts? whatever happened to the great commitment of the conservative movement in america to freedom and democracy and to help it develop? just turn your back on it, pull the aid out. what the heck? because we don't think they're civilized. i -- i find this kind of stunning, you know, when you say foreign countries that aren't friendly. the countries didn't do these things. militant extremists, radical terrorists within those countries that those people are struggling to beat back. right now in pakistan, there are troops in the western part of pakistan losing their lives fighting ex
i ask the senator, has the senator ever been to egypt? the senator doesn't want to answer. i presume that means he hasn't been. he ought to go to egypt and see what those people are struggling to do. that was a rev lure in tehere square. and it wasn't an islamic revolution, it was a generational revolution. a bunch of young people with smartphones sweeting each other and googling and trying to touch the world and have a future. he wants to cut off american assistance to these nascent democratic...
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of the senate. the senate has been in a recess for the last hour or so opposed to remaining psychiatry of seat clinton a briefing on the situation in the middle east. we will take you back live now to the floor of the senate we expect ford to continue to fund the government for six months beginning october 1st. live coverage here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. we're not in a quorum call. mr. durbin: i ask that if in executive session, the nomination of keith kelley of montana sent to the senate by the president be referred jointly to the help and veterans affairs committee. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended
of the senate. the senate has been in a recess for the last hour or so opposed to remaining psychiatry of seat clinton a briefing on the situation in the middle east. we will take you back live now to the floor of the senate we expect ford to continue to fund the government for six months beginning october 1st. live coverage here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection....
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a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: thank you, mr. president. wednesday the inspector general of the department of justice issued his report on a.t.f.'s operation disast furious. this -- fast and furious. this report is a significant milestone for the family of border patrol agent brian terry. he was killed in the firefight with illegal aliens who were armed with illegal guns for fast and furious. attorney general holder delayed any discipline for the officials responsible for fast and furious until after this report was released. the time for accountability has come. there are no more excuses for inaction. the inspector general's athon nonpartisan review confirmed virtually everything i heard from whistle-blowers over the last year and a half. the justice department tried to push all the blame on the a.t.f. and officials down in phoenix, arizona. but the inspector general confirmed that senior officials in washington ignored red flag after red flag. senior officials in both the justice department and a.t.f. k
a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: thank you, mr. president. wednesday the inspector general of the department of justice issued his report on a.t.f.'s operation disast furious. this -- fast and furious. this report is a significant milestone for the family of border patrol agent brian terry. he was killed in the firefight with illegal aliens who were armed with illegal guns for fast and furious. attorney general holder...
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than the presiding officer, the senator from ohio, senator brown. well, the ryan plan would do exactly the opposite. it would tell big corporations that if they move their business operations overseas, they'll never pay taxes on those again. the ryan plan is really a jobs bill for china, for india, for korea. not for america. it's an offshoring rewards act. in addition to those upside down tax changes that harm the middle class and raise their taxes to cut taxes for the highest earners in this country, in addition to its inducements to offshore more jobs instead of bringing them home, the ryan budget would slash $2.9 trillion from our health care programs beginning for workers who retire in 2023, mr. ryan would convert medicare to a voucher system, which according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office would ultimately add an estimated $6,000 in annual out-of-pocket costs that our retirees, our seniors, would have to fork over. it's hard to imagine how future seniors living on a fixed social security income will be able to maintain health ca
than the presiding officer, the senator from ohio, senator brown. well, the ryan plan would do exactly the opposite. it would tell big corporations that if they move their business operations overseas, they'll never pay taxes on those again. the ryan plan is really a jobs bill for china, for india, for korea. not for america. it's an offshoring rewards act. in addition to those upside down tax changes that harm the middle class and raise their taxes to cut taxes for the highest earners in this...
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the senate, republicans in the house. so you are going to have naturally a lot of frustrating moments because of that simple fact. there is a division in the country about what we do with all these things. there is not a consensus that we can -- that can be reflected in the house. and so it is frustrating. but i tried to keep my calm, and i try to apply some sense of logic to what we do. >> has the thought ever occurred to you to say, i've served my role here, it is time to walk away? >> oh, no. i don't walk away from a challenge. >> on that note, the approval rating you have had in the entire years of service, you have spent so much time in this institution, how do you reconcile the outlook toward constitution and the institution as well? >> well, i think if you had taken a poll back in thomas jefferson's time and earlier in the country's time, you would have been able to say that the congress even then was a football to kick. that has not changed. nor will it change. the summit has always been a source of ridicule by th
the senate, republicans in the house. so you are going to have naturally a lot of frustrating moments because of that simple fact. there is a division in the country about what we do with all these things. there is not a consensus that we can -- that can be reflected in the house. and so it is frustrating. but i tried to keep my calm, and i try to apply some sense of logic to what we do. >> has the thought ever occurred to you to say, i've served my role here, it is time to walk away?...
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the ranking member on the budget committee, the senator from alabama knows full well that the senator from new hampshire is also a member of that committee, i'm not sure why our committee exists if we're not going to pass a budget but we haven't done it now under the democratic leadership in the institute for three consecutive years. mr. sessions: mr. president, i do believe that we are at a point in history that this congress has a responsibility, sequester cannot be carried out in the way it's written today. it will do severe damage to the defense department. we are going to fix it at some point. it only makes good sense and good business for us to fix it now to avoid the disruptions that are ongoing in our department of defense. now, i say we will fix it. i know there are a number of friends of the president who have long desired severe cuts in the defense department. he said he doesn't, but he is at this point taking action that i can only conclude indicates that he favors these reductions to occur. and the only way he might not do it is if we have a tax increase that heed like to
the ranking member on the budget committee, the senator from alabama knows full well that the senator from new hampshire is also a member of that committee, i'm not sure why our committee exists if we're not going to pass a budget but we haven't done it now under the democratic leadership in the institute for three consecutive years. mr. sessions: mr. president, i do believe that we are at a point in history that this congress has a responsibility, sequester cannot be carried out in the way...
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the senate. >> i remember very well, the wonderful pictures of my father, when he was recuperating from a difficult heart condition, and i was recuperating from a plane crash. we had a wonderful opportunity to spend probably six weeks together every day, both of us recuperating back, sort of touching and a wonderful time. >>> here's a senator of massachusetts. >> really? >> you look like -- >> it was a lot of jostling, as i looked up to my brother bob, and suddenly he was coming into a place, where i had a little more seniority. we had been around, although not very long, i'd been around at least a few years, it was kind of a role reversal. it was probably the happiest time in terms of the service in the senate. >> captain, captain. where is your civilian officer? >> i went there in 1965 as a chairman of the refugee committee. after spending seven or eight days there, what struck me at that time, was just the appalling, appalling destruction of life in the civilian population, the creation of mas
the senate. >> i remember very well, the wonderful pictures of my father, when he was recuperating from a difficult heart condition, and i was recuperating from a plane crash. we had a wonderful opportunity to spend probably six weeks together every day, both of us recuperating back, sort of touching and a wonderful time. >>> here's a senator of massachusetts. >> really? >> you look like -- >> it was a lot of jostling, as i looked up to my brother bob, and...
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the house and senate in session. today in the senate something weird happened. what's going on in the tape is democratic senator al franken is on the senate floor giving a speech about jobs and the economy. see he's got the bikini graph there, the jobs graph. while al franken is mid-sentence he gets interrupted, stopped in his tracks and everything in the senate comes to a halt. it was a very strange moment. watch this. >> now, second, you could ask economists, most reputable economists including -- >> would my friend yield? >> certainly. >> majority leader. >> mr. president, madam president, i'm so sorry. we'll have no more votes today. no more votes today. it's obvious to me what's going on, i've been to more than one of these rodeos. there's a stall going on. he can't use the senate as an excuse. there will be no more votes today. >> the senator from minnesota. >> thank you. that is -- that is too bad. >> that's too bad. turns out to be too bad for somebody other than al franken. that story is coming up. along with barney frank. stay with us. a crash manageme
the house and senate in session. today in the senate something weird happened. what's going on in the tape is democratic senator al franken is on the senate floor giving a speech about jobs and the economy. see he's got the bikini graph there, the jobs graph. while al franken is mid-sentence he gets interrupted, stopped in his tracks and everything in the senate comes to a halt. it was a very strange moment. watch this. >> now, second, you could ask economists, most reputable economists...
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are prepared, to finish up the business of the senate that was the before the senate at the suggestion of the majority leader as recently as last night. mr. reid: while we're educating senators, i would like to add a little to that. we're willing to vote on all these things. we'll do it tomorrow, not today. we don't want that -- we want the debate to go forward. we're in a very important senate race across the country. we'll vote tomorrow morning or do tomorrow night after midnight. because we're not going to separate the sportsmen from the rest of the stuff, for obvious reasons. mr. mcconnell: i would only add that that's a new development, to hear what the majority leader is saying. i yield the floor. mr. reid: madam president, there has been no new development. everyone -- everyone, republican staff, democratic staff, all my caucus, we've known for a long time that we're going to have a vote on the sportsmen'men's pac. this is no new development. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority lead
are prepared, to finish up the business of the senate that was the before the senate at the suggestion of the majority leader as recently as last night. mr. reid: while we're educating senators, i would like to add a little to that. we're willing to vote on all these things. we'll do it tomorrow, not today. we don't want that -- we want the debate to go forward. we're in a very important senate race across the country. we'll vote tomorrow morning or do tomorrow night after midnight. because...
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the senate. >> captain, captain. where is your civilian officer? >> i went there in 1965 as a chairman of the refugee committee. after spending seven or eight days there, what struck me at that time, was just the appalling, appalling destruction of life in the civilian population, the creation of massive refugees, and the loss of refugee and civilian life at that time. >> i come back deeply disturbed from vietnam. >> my brother, bob, and i were very much involved in the political debate and discussion, work working with our colleagues to bring an end to the war. >> senator, are you and your brother, robert, busy building a kennedy wing of the democratic party? >> not at all. >> are you establishing, both of you, sort of an independent position of the present? >> let me say particularly in response to the vietnam issue, this is a -- i feel a much too important question and issue for any kind of partisanship. >> we are spending $2 billion a month. to defend the freedom of 14 million people in south
the senate. >> captain, captain. where is your civilian officer? >> i went there in 1965 as a chairman of the refugee committee. after spending seven or eight days there, what struck me at that time, was just the appalling, appalling destruction of life in the civilian population, the creation of massive refugees, and the loss of refugee and civilian life at that time. >> i come back deeply disturbed from vietnam. >> my brother, bob, and i were very much involved in the...
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the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: i ask that the quorum callening be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: i rise today to speak to an issue that threatens the very viability of the united states senate. last july the obama administration used the flimsiest of arguments, granted themselves the authority to waive federal welfare work requirements. and whether or not what they, the obama administration intends to accomplish with these waivers is good welfare policy has been the subject of robust debate. i'm not here to argue the merits or lack thereof of the underlying welfare policy goals of the obama administration. what i am here to do is to make a plea to my fellow senators, as senators we simply cannot let this action stand. if we fail to stand together as senators in defense of our constitutional duty to be the ones to draft legislation, we might as well pack up our bags and go home, because we will have opened the door for this administration and future administrations to uni
the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: i ask that the quorum callening be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: i rise today to speak to an issue that threatens the very viability of the united states senate. last july the obama administration used the flimsiest of arguments, granted themselves the authority to waive federal welfare work requirements. and whether or not what they, the obama administration intends to accomplish with these waivers...
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. >> the senator from the state of massachusetts, john f. kennedy. >> senator john fitzgerald kennedy, 43-year-old massachusetts' senator. >> it was so interesting, by the time we got to wyoming, wyoming only had 15 votes. we had 10 1/2 votes out of 15 votes. my brother bob asked me to speak to the chairman. the chairman said, you must be crazy. are you saying to me you think it will be in that four vote? i said if it comes to those four, you've got them. i'll take them right away. it came down to that. >> mr. chairman, wyoming's vote will make majority for senator kennedy. >> really, to say extraordinary is not adequate, obviously, to describe the emotion. it was just euphoric. after my brother got the nomination, it was that kind of reaching out to people of all beliefs, that was very much a part of his campaign. we had all been a part of the journey of the campaign, spent a lot of time in it. so we had a sense that we were going to win, but at least at that time, we probably didn't know how difficult it was going to be. they were all down
. >> the senator from the state of massachusetts, john f. kennedy. >> senator john fitzgerald kennedy, 43-year-old massachusetts' senator. >> it was so interesting, by the time we got to wyoming, wyoming only had 15 votes. we had 10 1/2 votes out of 15 votes. my brother bob asked me to speak to the chairman. the chairman said, you must be crazy. are you saying to me you think it will be in that four vote? i said if it comes to those four, you've got them. i'll take them right...
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the senate. a senator: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: i ask consent that the call of the quorum be terminated. officer without objection. mr. reid: i ask that we proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak up to ten minutes each. officer without objection. scried i now ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to h.r. 336 -- 6336. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: an act to direct the joint committee on the library to accept a statue depicting fred lick dug us will and provide for a permanent display in emancipation hall of the united states capitol. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that the bill be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, any statements related to this matter be p
the senate. a senator: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: i ask consent that the call of the quorum be terminated. officer without objection. mr. reid: i ask that we proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak up to ten minutes each. officer without objection. scried i now ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to h.r. 336 -- 6336. the presiding officer: the clerk will report....
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leader of the senate. he hasn't brought the defense bill. we also don't have a budget resolution. now, again, our friends in the house, the republican-led house under speaker boehner have during the two years of their stewardship brought budget resolutions to the floor, passed them, sent them over here only to be ignored. now, the president has submitted budgets. didn't get a single haute in the house of representatives, didn't get a single vote when we called it up as sort of a test vote here in the senate, but this senate under the leadership of the democratic majority has not followed the statute. it says you bring a budget resolution up every year, haven't done it. we're into our fourth year now. but the senator and i were talking, and i'll toss it to him on this. beyond that, they don't have a budget deficit reduction plan. it's one thing to have a resolution that could say anything, but what the american people need, what our future generations are crying out for is a plan to reduce this debt, and i
leader of the senate. he hasn't brought the defense bill. we also don't have a budget resolution. now, again, our friends in the house, the republican-led house under speaker boehner have during the two years of their stewardship brought budget resolutions to the floor, passed them, sent them over here only to be ignored. now, the president has submitted budgets. didn't get a single haute in the house of representatives, didn't get a single vote when we called it up as sort of a test vote here...
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of the republican senate. we all know the statement that he made. it is just a shame. the folks that both these guys in, but the party, they are responsible for this, the do nothing aspect. obviously, they are opposed to the president and opposed to having america made progress. host: thanks for the call. next is kelly and joining us from river falls, wisconsin on our independent line. caller: good morning. this is a system the founders gave us. the house seems to pass a lot of things that die in the senate. the senate cannot pass anything because of the filibuster rule. partisanship is what holds things up. maybe everybody when they go to the polls they should look at who the incumbent is and just vote the opposite. i know we would be voted out some good people, but maybe it would send a message to our legislators. if we keep putting in fresh faces, they would get the message that they had better get to work. thanks for c-span. thanks for the opportunity. host: thanks for the call. abby is on the phone from l
of the republican senate. we all know the statement that he made. it is just a shame. the folks that both these guys in, but the party, they are responsible for this, the do nothing aspect. obviously, they are opposed to the president and opposed to having america made progress. host: thanks for the call. next is kelly and joining us from river falls, wisconsin on our independent line. caller: good morning. this is a system the founders gave us. the house seems to pass a lot of things that die...
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what will you do in the senator -- the senate to spur job creation? >> we have to have a long-term plan for jobs which have to do with leveling the playing field so people -- businesses have a chance to compete and create jobs. we also have work that need to be done. my view is we should put people to work. that is what i was so surprised when senator brown voted against three jobs bills in a row, jobs bills that would have put 20,000 people -- that would have supported 22,000 jobs in the commonwealth of massachusetts. it would have to present -- prevented the layoffs of teachers and firefighters. it would have supported 11,000 jobs in construction in massachusetts. we put into jobs bills and get work done that needs to be done. that is how we get this economy started. we get people back to work. those families have paychecks. small businesses have more customers coming in. i want to go to washington to fight for jobs. >> thank you. mr. brown? >> i have been down there working four jobs. the three jobs bills you referred to would have raised your taxe
what will you do in the senator -- the senate to spur job creation? >> we have to have a long-term plan for jobs which have to do with leveling the playing field so people -- businesses have a chance to compete and create jobs. we also have work that need to be done. my view is we should put people to work. that is what i was so surprised when senator brown voted against three jobs bills in a row, jobs bills that would have put 20,000 people -- that would have supported 22,000 jobs in the...
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in fact, over 30 jobs bills sitting in the senate. the inaction has been on the senate. so mr. speaker, with the gentleman's question about the farm bill, i in fact just came out of a meeting with one of his members to talk about the farm bill. we're trying to look for ways forward. yes, there can be a possibility that we act again on the issue of the disaster and the drought. as the gentleman rightly said, we passed the drought relief bill sitting over in the senate, again, inaction. the gentleman indicates the reason for opposition to that bill. there's nothing in the bill that is controversial. it's the fact that some who insist on having something else in the bill didn't have it. well, one thing we know is we're all for allowing the relief is the farmers. why can't we get that done? why can't we finally decide, you know, there are some areas of disagreement and we realize that reasonable people do and certainly in election season sort of emphasizes that, unfortunately. but we also know the things in common. addressing the drought issue is we do have in common. we passed out
in fact, over 30 jobs bills sitting in the senate. the inaction has been on the senate. so mr. speaker, with the gentleman's question about the farm bill, i in fact just came out of a meeting with one of his members to talk about the farm bill. we're trying to look for ways forward. yes, there can be a possibility that we act again on the issue of the disaster and the drought. as the gentleman rightly said, we passed the drought relief bill sitting over in the senate, again, inaction. the...
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the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. i might remind all the senators we are on the floor on a very important bill. i want to thank senator bill nelson for his leadership and passion in making sure our veterans get back to work at the time they have a 20%-plus unemployment rate and his work on the bill as we move to this point. madam president, i have been listening to the debate on this bill. what i've heard are some pretty weak arguments against the merits of this legislation. i've heard we haven't held hearings on the employment or on the provisions in this legislation. the senators that spoke may not have known they're not on our committee but we have had hearings last year and this year and on this bill. veterans groups and v.a. at multiple hearings in fact have had the opportunity to give their views. and the cops and safer grants programs that are in this have been around for years and we know that they work. the point that i heard reiterated here was that the bill wasn't paid fo
the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. i might remind all the senators we are on the floor on a very important bill. i want to thank senator bill nelson for his leadership and passion in making sure our veterans get back to work at the time they have a 20%-plus unemployment rate and his work on the bill as we move to this point. madam president, i have been listening to the debate on this bill. what i've heard...
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the budget saw in the senate and died. -- sat in the senate and died. that is the reason i am running for the senate. the senate cannot get anything done. it is the fed's rule of law that we are supposed to have a budget every year. i do not think the debt ceiling increase and another 10%, the sequestration of defense, is not an excuse to do and what the law says. >> i agree with the congressmen that the proposal had some good ideas. we need to work off that framework. that was the framework the president and john boehner are working on when they got in the agreement last summer prior to his passing a budget into law. they were going to try to move $4 trillion of debts off the books. the tea party shut it down. we are working on a bipartisan basis in the senate every day to try to cobble together a plan that will reduce 4-$5 trillion of debt. i am part of that group. we need to reduce mortgage interest. i do not believe anybody buys a second, because of the mortgage interest deduction. we should look at whether we should take a haircut on charitable ded
the budget saw in the senate and died. -- sat in the senate and died. that is the reason i am running for the senate. the senate cannot get anything done. it is the fed's rule of law that we are supposed to have a budget every year. i do not think the debt ceiling increase and another 10%, the sequestration of defense, is not an excuse to do and what the law says. >> i agree with the congressmen that the proposal had some good ideas. we need to work off that framework. that was the...
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. >> eliot: gridlock did seem alive and well on the floor of the senate today. minority leader mitch mcconnell took to the floor to condemn the democrats. >> never before have a president and a senate majority party done so little. our challenges were so great. >> eliot: never has a minority senate party been so completely obstructionist. be quiet mr. mcconnell, you don't know what you're talking about. another measure that should be worrisome to mitt romney, he's trailing in the polls on the economy. a cnn poll taken less than two weeks ago showed likely voters favoring the president over romney on the issue by a point and the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll of registered voters showed the president ahead on romney's key issue by 6 points. with the president's numbers improving, democrats look to hold. jim demint told bloomberg news in a comment that would have been unthinkel six months ago and i quote... >> eliot: still not quite sure who that productive class is they always talk about. new york senator charles schumer seemed to enjoy demint's condi
. >> eliot: gridlock did seem alive and well on the floor of the senate today. minority leader mitch mcconnell took to the floor to condemn the democrats. >> never before have a president and a senate majority party done so little. our challenges were so great. >> eliot: never has a minority senate party been so completely obstructionist. be quiet mr. mcconnell, you don't know what you're talking about. another measure that should be worrisome to mitt romney, he's trailing in...
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to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 476. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 476, s. 3457, a bill to require the secretary of veterans affairs to establish a veterans job corps, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, the first hour will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. the majority will control the first half. republicans the final half. at 11:00 this morning there will be a moment of silence here in the senate in observance of the 11th anniversary of the attacks on september 11. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings that will occur today. at 2:15 there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to s. 3
to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 476. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 476, s....
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obviously senator coburn was not in the senate when the war began but i'm sure the minute he got there he brought the fiscal integrity he is famous for to even the supplement war funding bills. >> the congress has taken a vacation while we haven't passed the supplement for our troops. the american people ought to be outraged that we would leave here before we've taken care of our troops. i think it's unconscionable. >> jon: what kind of felonious crap... (laughter) so once again, $800 billion unfunded for war, a billion dollars, but paid for in a way you aren't crazy about to help the guys who fought the war get jobs afterwards, we're not made out of money, people. and that's why... oh, right, because doing something would help the... we'll >> stephen: my guest tonights the 42nd president of the united states. the annual initiative quicks off this thursday, please welcome back to the program president bill clinton. (cheers and applause) >> thank you, thank you. >> jon: let me ask you, so give any good speeches lately? or, how did that feel at the convention? could you tell that you wer
obviously senator coburn was not in the senate when the war began but i'm sure the minute he got there he brought the fiscal integrity he is famous for to even the supplement war funding bills. >> the congress has taken a vacation while we haven't passed the supplement for our troops. the american people ought to be outraged that we would leave here before we've taken care of our troops. i think it's unconscionable. >> jon: what kind of felonious crap... (laughter) so once again,...
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to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate is now considering the motion to proceed to s. 3547, the veterans job corps act. 70 minutes will be equally divided this morning between the two leaders or their designees with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half. we'll begin consideration of veterans jobs bill today. it's unfortunate that we're having to go through all this, another couple of filibusters on this bill. but that's what we've been through. i mentioned yesterday here on the floor, madam president, that we, for the six years that we've had a democratic majority, there's been 380 -- this makes now 381 filibusters. during the time of lyndon johnson, six years, same period of time -- 1. 381 to 1. that's how the obstruct
to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate is now considering the motion to proceed to s. 3547, the veterans job corps act. 70 minutes will be equally divided this morning...
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the budget saw in the senate and died. -- sat in the senate and died. that is the reason i am running for the senate. the senate cannot get anything done. it is the fed's rule of law that we are supposed to have a budget every year. i do not think the debt ceiling increase and another 10%, the sequestration of defense, is not an excuse to do and what the law says. >> i agree with the congressmen that the proposal had some good ideas. we need to work off that framework. that was the framework the president and john boehner are working on when they got in the agreement last summer prior to his passing a budget into law. they were going to try to move $4 trillion of debts off the books. the tea party shut it down. we are working on a bipartisan basis in the senate every day to try to cobble together a plan that will reduce 4-$5 trillion of debt. i am part of that group. we need to reduce mortgage interest. i do not believe anybody buys a second, because of the mortgage interest deduction. we should look at whether we should take a haircut on charitable ded
the budget saw in the senate and died. -- sat in the senate and died. that is the reason i am running for the senate. the senate cannot get anything done. it is the fed's rule of law that we are supposed to have a budget every year. i do not think the debt ceiling increase and another 10%, the sequestration of defense, is not an excuse to do and what the law says. >> i agree with the congressmen that the proposal had some good ideas. we need to work off that framework. that was the...
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>> eliot: i think the role of the senate has always been to be the deliberative body. it moves at an intentionally slower pace than the house perhaps. it is meant to provide fair and -- for those in the minority. in an era where that occurred and then there was resolution, having a filibuster perhaps made sense. but now as you just pointed out the fill buster is being used for craven politics and is preventing any forward movement on any issue from the most critical to the most minor. i think that has changed the calculus as you pointed out for many senators. if you had to assess, will there be a concerted effort to change this come january and if so, what should the reform look like? >> very definitely a concerted effort. i'm determinedly join with leaders of my party who have been at the forefront. tom udall for example and senator merkley both colleagues who have helped to lead this effort in the past and others. but i also think that it will take a very determined effort and we will have some bipartisan agreement on it. maybe the republicans will come around to say
>> eliot: i think the role of the senate has always been to be the deliberative body. it moves at an intentionally slower pace than the house perhaps. it is meant to provide fair and -- for those in the minority. in an era where that occurred and then there was resolution, having a filibuster perhaps made sense. but now as you just pointed out the fill buster is being used for craven politics and is preventing any forward movement on any issue from the most critical to the most minor. i...
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the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent we can lift the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, i want to go ahead on this veterans job corps bill. i had anticipated that i would be speaking after the chairman of the committee, senator murr murray, but i'll take the liberty of going ahead and then with her comments coming as the chairman of the committee, which would normally it be the reverse. and i thank senator murray for her leadership in all of these veterans' issues, but particularly the issue of unemployment among veterans when they come home from the war, and especially among veterans that are age 24 and less, the unemployment figure is even higher. now, it's, i think, appropriate on this particular day, september 11, 11 years ago today the fact that those terroristsjl airliners, causing the crash at the world trade center, at the pentagon, and in a field in pennsylvania. what was happening also that morning with a that police officers -- was that polic
the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent we can lift the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, i want to go ahead on this veterans job corps bill. i had anticipated that i would be speaking after the chairman of the committee, senator murr murray, but i'll take the liberty of going ahead and then with her comments coming as the chairman of the committee, which would normally it be the reverse. and i thank senator...
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romney's lead in the poll is shrinking and the senate race is heating up. please share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we're right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. mitt romney held a manufacturing roundtable in bedford heights, ohio, today and he welcomed to the stage someone who was well known to many americans. mike rowe of "dirty jobs" on the discovery channel, and you may also know him from the ford television commercials. today he shared the stage with romney without actually endorsing him. >> he is nonpartisan, he's not here to endorse me, he's not here to add support to one campaign or another. he's here to talk about his ideas. >> sure. mr. rowe did offer some ideas, and he talked about the kinds of people he cares about. >> the people who keep the lights on, the people who allow the toilets to work, the people who pick up roadkill, the people who paint the bridges, the people who farm, the people who mine. >> it's safe to say there is a candidate for president who cares about thos
romney's lead in the poll is shrinking and the senate race is heating up. please share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we're right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. mitt romney held a manufacturing roundtable in bedford heights, ohio, today and he welcomed to the stage someone who was well known to many americans. mike rowe of "dirty jobs" on the discovery channel, and you may also know him from the...
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i admire the senator in the courageous stance, but the senator would understand that i respectfully say that in a need so great as unemployed veterans, this is not the time to draw a technical line on a budget, and i would earnestly and respectfully request of my friend that this be one of the considerations that he would make. would the senator want to engage in any conversation, or i will go on and just -- mr. coburn: i would just like to ask the president of the senate if we could have a real back and forth debate on this, with you controlling the time. i have no difficulty with that. but one of the reasons i came out is i don't agree with the substance of this bill, and i don't want you to make a statement from the senate floor that everybody does. we have six veterans' job training programs that nobody has oversighted. nobody knows if they work. mr. nelson: what i would suggest to my friend -- and he knows that he is my friend -- if he has a difference of opinion, i respect that and i want him to share that. i'd like to go on and just complete my very brief statement here, and then
i admire the senator in the courageous stance, but the senator would understand that i respectfully say that in a need so great as unemployed veterans, this is not the time to draw a technical line on a budget, and i would earnestly and respectfully request of my friend that this be one of the considerations that he would make. would the senator want to engage in any conversation, or i will go on and just -- mr. coburn: i would just like to ask the president of the senate if we could have a...
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he can't use the senator's excuse. no more votes today. >> the senator from minnesota. >> thank you. that is -- that is too bad. >> you've got to be kidding. this senate race is already the most expensive political campaign in massachusetts history. in the race for the white house, we're getting new poll numbers out from three key battleground states. according to the nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll he has reached the 50% threshold in all three states. president obama leads governor romney, 50-44. in colorado, it's the same, 50-44 and in iowa it's 50/42. president obama won all three of these states in 2008. >>> the day after mitt romney sat down with the spanish language tv network univision, yesterday it was the president's turn and president obama told the hispanic audience his biggest failure of his first four years was not passing comprehensive immigration reform. he also attacked his opponent over his secretly videotaped private fund-raiser's comments and the republicans' comments about 47% of american
he can't use the senator's excuse. no more votes today. >> the senator from minnesota. >> thank you. that is -- that is too bad. >> you've got to be kidding. this senate race is already the most expensive political campaign in massachusetts history. in the race for the white house, we're getting new poll numbers out from three key battleground states. according to the nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll he has reached the 50% threshold in all three states....
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of the senate. he told me about the difficult days of the civil rights eer particularly as a son of the south what it meant to him. he came back though to georgia after graduating from high school went to suwannee, a law student at the university of georgia, headed to his passion the law but he didn't make it. instead he made it to the marietta, georgia journal as a cub reporter. at the age of 67 he started being a floor manager for the paper, assistant publisher, offering expertise at the a young age. at 29 he came up with a unique concept. he said people would like to see their cirdz's pictures in the paper. they'd like to have stories about their sports victories. have lots of pictures, stories, but just to me, not owl the folderol that might go with it. he started neighbor newspapers and created 27 neighborhood newspapers, all 27 weeklies. so successful when gannett decided to do a national paper called "usa today" they sent a team of investigators for seven days to the mir yeta daily journal to
of the senate. he told me about the difficult days of the civil rights eer particularly as a son of the south what it meant to him. he came back though to georgia after graduating from high school went to suwannee, a law student at the university of georgia, headed to his passion the law but he didn't make it. instead he made it to the marietta, georgia journal as a cub reporter. at the age of 67 he started being a floor manager for the paper, assistant publisher, offering expertise at the a...
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and for the senator brown. his close ally in the united states senate. >> e.j., we just got a piece of an videotape in, an interview he did with nbc's ron allen. i want to play it for you and get your reaction afterwards. here it is. >> one thing you seem to have trouble convincing people of, you are the person that cares about middle class people, people are struggling. they don't see in your background and your comments the kind of empathy and understanding that could really solve their problems. >> i think people had the chance who watched our republican convention to see the lives i've had a chance to touch during my life. to understand that i served as a pastor of a congregation with people of all different backgrounds and economic circumstances. that i care very deeply about the american people and people of different socioeconomic circumstances. and i think throughout this campaign as well, we've talked about my record in massachusetts. don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured. 100% of the kids
and for the senator brown. his close ally in the united states senate. >> e.j., we just got a piece of an videotape in, an interview he did with nbc's ron allen. i want to play it for you and get your reaction afterwards. here it is. >> one thing you seem to have trouble convincing people of, you are the person that cares about middle class people, people are struggling. they don't see in your background and your comments the kind of empathy and understanding that could really solve...
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senate, the senate took no action. i can go on and on and on. the military construction bill, the defense bill, on and on and on. and so here we are, we don't have control over the senate, mr. speaker. we only have control over what goes on here in this body. and i got to tell you, i'm proud as a freshman that we set about getting our business done and one deliberative bill at the time, one open rule on appropriations bills at the time, we allowed every member of this body to come to the floor, to offer their amendments, to have their voice heard and produce the very best work product that we could produce. and i might add, mr. speaker, we did that at a funding level even lower than what the american taxpayer asked of us in the budget control act. very proud of that work. but in the be a absence of the senate taking action, mr. speaker, we have to move on. the american people are going to have a referendum in this country. they're going to have a referendum on what fiscal responsibility means. we're going to have an el
senate, the senate took no action. i can go on and on and on. the military construction bill, the defense bill, on and on and on. and so here we are, we don't have control over the senate, mr. speaker. we only have control over what goes on here in this body. and i got to tell you, i'm proud as a freshman that we set about getting our business done and one deliberative bill at the time, one open rule on appropriations bills at the time, we allowed every member of this body to come to the floor,...
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the budget saw in the senate and died. -- sat in the senate and died. that is the reason i am running for the senate. the senate cannot get anything done. it is the fed's rule of law that we are supposed to have a budget every year. i do not think the debt ceiling increase and another 10%, the sequestration of defense, is not an excuse to do and what the law says. >> i agree with the congressmen that the proposal had some good ideas. we need to work off that framework. that was the framework the president and john boehner are working on when they got in the agreement last summer prior to his passing a budget into law. they were going to try to move $4 trillion of debts off the books. the tea party shut it down. we are working on a bipartisan basis in the senate every day to try to cobble together a plan that will reduce 4-$5 trillion of debt. i am part of that grou we need to reduce mortgage interest. i do not believe anybody buys a second, because of the mortgage interest deduction. we should look at whether we should take a haircut on charitable deduc
the budget saw in the senate and died. -- sat in the senate and died. that is the reason i am running for the senate. the senate cannot get anything done. it is the fed's rule of law that we are supposed to have a budget every year. i do not think the debt ceiling increase and another 10%, the sequestration of defense, is not an excuse to do and what the law says. >> i agree with the congressmen that the proposal had some good ideas. we need to work off that framework. that was the...
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the key senate races. we just talked to sherrod brown in the last hour. sherrod brown is up in ohio. tim kaine up 8 points in virginia. tammy baldwin great candidate. good friend of ours up in wisconsin. claire mccaskill, of course, thanks to todd akin, right. >> a gift. >> bill: up there. elizabeth warren up over scott brown in massachusetts. they had their first debate last night. some of these races they didn't expect democrats to have such an easy time then, right? >> no. i think a lot of states were written off early on. and you know, there are others. shelly berkeley is doing well. >> bill: joe donnelly in indiana. i saw him yesterday at the house. very strong candidate. i think he was up. he told me he was up in the latest poll. >> heidi in north dakota is doing extremely well. and then, you know, you have some nondemocrats, independent angus mccain of maine who is a breath of fresh air. i was at -- got to meet him yesterday and at the end of his prepared remarks you know, he did a -- sort of the te
the key senate races. we just talked to sherrod brown in the last hour. sherrod brown is up in ohio. tim kaine up 8 points in virginia. tammy baldwin great candidate. good friend of ours up in wisconsin. claire mccaskill, of course, thanks to todd akin, right. >> a gift. >> bill: up there. elizabeth warren up over scott brown in massachusetts. they had their first debate last night. some of these races they didn't expect democrats to have such an easy time then, right? >> no....
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the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate previous order, the senate i think there are a lot of antiobama books out there critical of the president and a lot of books defending the president. i don't want to be either one of those books. i wanted to write a book to describe and answer but i thought was the most important question, the most interesting question. let's look at barack obama as a character. he's a complete fish out of water in a way. here is a guy with very little executive experience. his entire life is at the committee table in the state house or the u.s. senate or in various meetings, but remember the guy in the front of the room deciding making the hard calls. very little if any management experience, and then suddenly he is in the most important managerial job in the world, president of the united states, leader of the free world and so my question was how does he do it, how does he decide and make decisions? how does he govern? tom goldstein and "los angeles times" supreme court correspondent david savage diprete view of the supreme court new term
the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate previous order, the senate i think there are a lot of antiobama books out there critical of the president and a lot of books defending the president. i don't want to be either one of those books. i wanted to write a book to describe and answer but i thought was the most important question, the most interesting question. let's look at barack obama as a character. he's a complete fish out of water in a way. here is a guy with very little...
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lady bird in the center and in the senator from texas on the left. in the front is a secret service man named rufus yarborough. johnson's cars in the motorcade of thousands of books have been written about the assassination. they concentrate on what happened to jack kennedy. not one went into detail in what i considered an adequate way, substantial detail about what was happening to lyndon johnson. what was happening from his point of view. the assassination had never been told from johnson's point of view. it came to me when i was doing this book that we have to do that. how do you do that? first you interview people who are still alive. john connolly himself is very helpful to me. he had this great ranch in south texas with a stable reporter horses. used to come to the guest house where i would say very early in the morning, 5:30 or 6:00 and sit on the top railing of the fence watching them exercise and he would tell me -- he answered almost every question i asked about johnson's career, took me through the assassination in great detail. one of the
lady bird in the center and in the senator from texas on the left. in the front is a secret service man named rufus yarborough. johnson's cars in the motorcade of thousands of books have been written about the assassination. they concentrate on what happened to jack kennedy. not one went into detail in what i considered an adequate way, substantial detail about what was happening to lyndon johnson. what was happening from his point of view. the assassination had never been told from johnson's...
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a member of the democratic leadership in the senate and the first woman to ever chair the senate veterans affairs committee, washington state senator, patty murray. a senator leading our effort to make things and grow things in america, michigan senator debbie stabanau. standing up for the middle class and working with the farmers and businesses of her state, from the land of 10,000 lakes, the great state of minnesota, senator amy clabashar. the first woman in the united states history to be elected governor and u.s. senator, new hampshire senator jean shaheen. senator hick begin a senator to fights to keep north carolina first in education and first in honoring our military troops and veterans. fighting to make sure we see made in america again, new york senator kirsten gill brand. and now, the america's women senators and fighter for the middle class here is the history-making senator from maryland, barbara mikulski. >> good evening. i'm senator barbara mikulski from the great state of maryland. [cheers and applause] 26 years ago, i became the first democratic woman elected to the senat
a member of the democratic leadership in the senate and the first woman to ever chair the senate veterans affairs committee, washington state senator, patty murray. a senator leading our effort to make things and grow things in america, michigan senator debbie stabanau. standing up for the middle class and working with the farmers and businesses of her state, from the land of 10,000 lakes, the great state of minnesota, senator amy clabashar. the first woman in the united states history to be...
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the senator brown. vtan,iniee just got a pce of wi nbconen i want to play it for you and get your reaction afterwards. here it is. >> one thing you seem to have trouble convincing people of, you are the person that cares about middle class people, people are suggling. d sn kind of empathy and understanding that could really solve their problems. >> i think people had the chance who watched our republican convention to see the lives i've had a chance to touch during my life. to undstand that i served as a pastor of a conggation with oplef dieren baouand onom circumstances. that i care very deeply about the american people and people of different socioeconomic circumstances. and i think througho this campaign as well, we've talked about my record in massachusetts. s iedrgetgoeverody 100% of the kids in our state have health insurance. i don't think there's anything that shows more empathy. >> "shows more empathy"? e., romney has gotten himself in the past of talking up his signature piece of healtcare leg
the senator brown. vtan,iniee just got a pce of wi nbconen i want to play it for you and get your reaction afterwards. here it is. >> one thing you seem to have trouble convincing people of, you are the person that cares about middle class people, people are suggling. d sn kind of empathy and understanding that could really solve their problems. >> i think people had the chance who watched our republican convention to see the lives i've had a chance to touch during my life. to...